# List of shipwrecks in May 1832

The list of shipwrecks in May 1832 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during May 1832.

## 1 May

List of shipwrecks: 1 May 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sugnal | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Eastport, Maine. Her crew were rescued. |

## 2 May

List of shipwrecks: 2 May 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rose | United Kingdom | The ship was lost off Tory Island, County Donegal. She was on a voyage from Limerick to Liverpool, Lancashire. |

## 4 May

List of shipwrecks: 4 May 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Carolus Magnus | Stettin | The ship was wrecked on "Lodersand". She was on a voyage from Málaga, Spain to Stettin. |

## 5 May

List of shipwrecks: 5 May 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| George | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Domesnes, Russia. Her crew were rescued. |
| Opsray | Denmark | The brig was wrecked on Asparagus Island, off The Lizard, Cornwall, United Kingdom with the loss of a crew member. She was on a voyage from Havana, Cuba to Hamburg. |

## 6 May

List of shipwrecks: 6 May 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mary | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near "Portraeth", Caernarfonshire. Her crew were rescued. |
| Thomas Baker | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Götaland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |

## 7 May

List of shipwrecks: 7 May 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Harmony | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the south coast of Götaland, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |

## 8 May

List of shipwrecks: 8 May 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Jonge Heere | Bremen | The ship was driven ashore on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire to Bremen. Jong Heere was refloated on 10 August and taken to Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. |

## 9 May

List of shipwrecks: 9 May 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alert | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Skagen, Denmark with the loss of all hands. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Erbgrossherzog | Rostock | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Warnemünde. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to Rostock. |
| Douglas | France | The ship was driven ashore near Thisted, Denmark. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Havre de Grâce, Seine-Inférieure to a Baltic port. |
| Woodhall | United Kingdom | The brig foundered off Skagen, Denmark with the loss of all but two of her crew. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg. |

## 10 May

List of shipwrecks: 10 May 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Asia | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore 9 nautical miles (17 km) east of Warnemünde, Rostock. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Lübeck. |
| Cholmondley | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Sewerby, Yorkshire. She was on a voyage from South Shields, County Durham to Saint Petersburg, Russia. |
| Johanna | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Randers, Denmark. She was on a voyage from Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland to Randers. |

## 12 May

List of shipwrecks: 12 May 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Charlotta | Jamaica | The cutter was wrecked on the Ship Rock. |
| Ingersburg Elizabeth | Russia | The ship was wrecked in the Vlie. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Liepāja to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. |
| Po | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near Ramsgate, Kent. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Bristol, Gloucestershire. |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship was abandoned in the Atlantic Ocean. She was on a voyage from Bordeaux, Gironde, France to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## 15 May

List of shipwrecks: 15 May 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wellington | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Cape Rozier, British North America. She was on a voyage from Leith, Lothian to Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America. |

## 16 May

List of shipwrecks: 16 May 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Conveyance | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at Brora, Sutherland. Her crew were rescued |
| Fingal | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Eastport, Maine, United States. |

## 20 May

List of shipwrecks: 20 May 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Only Son | British North America | The ship was wrecked on Deer Island, Newfoundland. She was on a voyage from Saint John, New Brunswick to Halifax, Nova Scotia. |
| Traveller | United Kingdom | The sloop was wrecked 4 nautical miles (7.4 km) north of Whitby, Yorkshire. Her crew were rescued. |

### 21 May

List of shipwrecks: 21 May 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Indian Chief | United States | The ship was driven ashore at Eastport, Maine. She was refloated but was declared a total loss. |
| Susan | United Kingdom | The brig was wrecked at Eastport. |

## 27 May

List of shipwrecks: 27 May 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Claremont | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in ice off Cape St. Francis, Newfoundland, British North America. Her crew survived. |
| Cousins | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in ice of Cape St. Francis. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Bristol, Gloucestershire to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |
| Recruit | United Kingdom | The ship departed from Halifax, Nova Scotia, British North America for Jamaica. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands. |
| Sir J. Kemp | United Kingdom | The ship was lost in ice off Cape St. Francis. Her crew were rescued by the brig Jantha ( United Kingdom). |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date 1832 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Emanuel | Norway | The ship sprang a leak and was beached at Harwich, Essex, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from London, United Kingdom to a Norwegian port. |
| Jonge Eere | Bremen | The ship was wrecked on Vlieland, Friesland, Netherlands in early May. She was on a voyage from Hull, Yorkshire, United Kingdom to Bremen. |
| Louise | Belgium | The ship foundered between Ameland and Schiermonnikoog, Friesland. |
| Tiber | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Point Arena, Alta California in late May with the loss of all but three of her crew. |